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ADVANCED COMPOSITE MATERIALS AND PROCESS ENGINEER - V09/5687/S (Ingevuld)  (Ref.: AVD/EN19590)


Bedrijf
The SONACA S.A. is an aerospace construction company located in Gosselies, in the south of Belgium. It is a parent company of a group of companies located in Brazil, Canada and the United States. The SONACA Group employs more than 2,000 people around the world. In order to support their growth, the company is looking for several profiles.

Taakomschrijving
- Manufacturing process development, from test campaign definition to publication of process specifications.
- Mechanical tests definition, follow-up and reporting, in order to create allowable data to populate the handbooks, to support design or to validate production proposals.
- General support to the M&P advanced composite structures group (material and process specifications, Engineering test specifications and reports, meetings with suppliers and subcontractors, ...).
- Engineering support to Sonaca composite production team.
- Support to project leader: organize progress meetings with SONACA project team, prepare progress presentations for European consortium, follow-up achievement of project deliverables.

Profiel
- Civil engineer in Materials Sciences or in Mechanics or equivalent.
- 3 years of experience in a similar function.
- Knowledge:
o Composite aerospace materials (especially carbon reinforced thermoset resins), their mechanical characteristics and their processing methods;
o Composite manufacturing experience is an asset;
o Excellent theoretical knowledge of the main physical-chemical and mechanical test methods to characterise composite materials and assemblies (tensile testing, ILSS, bearing, impact, toughness,..., DMA, DSC,...). A previous experimental background in this field is an asset;
o Basic knowledge of composite structure calculation methods: classical lamination theory, failure criteria for composites, micro-mechanics,... ;
o Knowledge of the non-destructive inspection techniques.
- Computer tools: Microsoft tools, Unix work stations, Catia software is an asset.
- Language: French / English, good technical writing capabilities in English.
- Others:
o Experienced in reporting (technical notes and reports) and specification writing (M&P specifications, test specifications,... );
o Project management experience is an asset;
o Team-work oriented, interest for aerospace.


Aanbod
- The opportunity to join a very dynamic and challenging company, facing a substantial growth.
- The chance to fully participate to the numerous projects they are leading.
- To work in a highly technical and innovating sector.
- An attractive salary package.